Body Image

Mseddi: [Female genital mutilation]

Ann Dermatol Venereol. 2007 May;134(5 Pt 1):500-1. [Female genital mutilation]. [Article in French] Mseddi M, Bouassida S, Turki H. Service de Dermatologie, CHU H. Chaker, 3029 Sfax, Tunisie. madiha.mseddi@laposte.net No abstract is available for this article. This article can be purchased in this LINK

Vaginal practices as women’s agency in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of meaning and motivation through meta-ethnography.

Soc Sci Med. 2012 May;74(9):1311-23. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.032. Epub 2012 Jan 28. Vaginal practices as women’s agency in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of meaning and motivation through meta-ethnography. Martin Hilber A, Kenter E, Redmond S, Merten S, Bagnol B, Low N, Garside R. University of Bern, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Finkenhubelweg 11, CH-3012 Bern,Continue reading “Vaginal practices as women’s agency in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of meaning and motivation through meta-ethnography.”

[Female cosmetic genital surgery: Point-counterpoint]

Gynecol Obstet FertiL. July-Aug 2012 40(7–8); 445–448 Que penser de la génitoplastie cosmétique féminine aujourd’hui ? [Female cosmetic genital surgery: Point-counterpoint] [Article in French] Colson M.H. Abstract Cosmetic genitoplasty interventions, and especially reduction nymphoplasties, now seem to attract more and more patients, mainly among the younger who are more influenced by widely publicized pornographic than by anatomicContinue reading “[Female cosmetic genital surgery: Point-counterpoint]”

Cosmetic clitoridectomy in a 33-year-old woman

Arch Sex Behav. 2012 Jun;41(3):725-30. Epub 2011 Aug 12. Cosmetic clitoridectomy in a 33-year-old woman. Veale D, Daniels J. NIHR Specialist Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and The Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, 99 Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AZ, UK. David.Veale@kcl.ac.uk Comment in Arch SexContinue reading “Cosmetic clitoridectomy in a 33-year-old woman”

Assessing how a woman feels about her clitoris: commentary on Veale and Daniels (2011).

Arch Sex Behav. 2012 Jun;41(3):731-4. Assessing how a woman feels about her clitoris: commentary on Veale and Daniels (2011). Friedman RC. rcf2@columbia.edu Comment in Arch Sex Behav. 2012 Aug;41(4):1057-8. Comment on Arch Sex Behav. 2012 Jun;41(3):725-30. No abstract available for this article. No LINK to view this article online.

A relationship between female genital piercings and genital mutilation?

BJOG. 2012 June; 119(7): 895-896. A relationship between female genital piercings and genital mutilation? Nelius T, Armstrong ML, Angel E, Hogan L, Young C, Rinard K ABSTRACT No abstract is available for this article. This article can be accessed in this LINK

Sexuality Issues in the Movement to Abolish Female Genital Cutting in Sudan

Med Anthropol Q. 2006 March; 20 (1): 121-138 Sexuality Issues in the Movement to Abolish Female Genital Cutting in Sudan Gruenbaum E ABSTRACT Ethnographic research in seven rural Sudanese communities in 2004 demonstrates the deep association between infibulation and expectations for successful male sexual response, reinforced by aesthetic values about the preferred body form for females.Continue reading “Sexuality Issues in the Movement to Abolish Female Genital Cutting in Sudan”